Canada bans "Money for Nothing" lulz!

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OTTAWA — The 1980s song "Money for Nothing" by the British rock band Dire Straits has been deemed unacceptable for play on Canadian radio.

In a ruling released Wednesday, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council says the song contravenes the human rights clauses of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' Code of Ethics and Equitable Portrayal Code.

A listener to radio station CHOZ-FM in St. John's, N.L., complained last year that the song includes the word "waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles" in its lyrics and is discriminatory to gays.

The broadcaster argued that the song had been played countless times since its release decades ago and has won music industry awards.

A CBSC panel concluded that the word "waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles," even if once acceptable, has evolved to become unacceptable in most circumstances.

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p2pnet view Music | P2P:- Under the unfuckingbelievable category, Famous Dire Straits track Money for Nothing (with one of the world’s greatest guitar riffs) has, after 25 years, been banned from public broadcast in Canada by the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.

Because this comes in the second verse >>>

The little waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles with the earring and the makeup


Yeah, buddy, that’s his own hair


That little waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles’s got his own jet airplane


That little waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles, he’s a millionaire

[joshh]

Canada the liberals utopia.

[CorvallisBMW]

who gives a fuck?

[joshuafr]

Thats gay.

[ck_taft325is]

What a bunch of fragile princesses.

[mazdarati]

Buncha faggets.

[mar1t1me]

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) is an independent, non-governmental organization created by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) to administer standards established by its members, Canada's private broadcasters. The Council's membership includes more than 730 private sector radio and television stations, specialty services and networks from across Canada, programming in English, French and third languages.

How exactly is that "liberal"?

Read the decision. While I don't think that a single complaint should ever get anything banned, in this case, given the current social conditions, I can understand why the word "waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles" in this context could be seen as offensive. I don't want to have to explain to my kids why it's OK for a singer on the radio to call someone a "waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles" if it isn't OK for them to do likewise.

But none of that will stop certain types of people from crying "censorship" and seeking to place blame on a particular party.....

[derrty 30]

i decided to listen to the song and it doesnt sound like there saying waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles during one of there live shows...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxFivzBcy7Y&feature=fvst

[frankenbeemer]

But none of that will stop certain types of people from crying "censorship" and seeking to place blame on a particular party.....

I'm not blaming any particular party, but it is censorship.

[markseven]

The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC) is an independent, non-governmental organization created by the Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) to administer standards established by its members, Canada's private broadcasters. The Council's membership includes more than 730 private sector radio and television stations, specialty services and networks from across Canada, programming in English, French and third languages.

How exactly is that "liberal"?

Read the decision. While I don't think that a single complaint should ever get anything banned, in this case, given the current social conditions, I can understand why the word "waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles" in this context could be seen as offensive. I don't want to have to explain to my kids why it's OK for a singer on the radio to call someone a "waffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffleswaffles" if it isn't OK for them to do likewise.
But none of that will stop certain types of people from crying "censorship" and seeking to place blame on a particular party.....

How would you address rap music?

[Massive Lee]

How would you address rap music?

The same way American litterature is addressing the "n" and "i" words?

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/45645-upcoming-newsouth-huck-finn-eliminates-the-n-word.html

[markseven]

The same way American litterature is addressing the "n" and "i" words?

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...he-n-word.html

I was asking in regard to explaining to his kids why rappers speak of women and authority with such disdain.

[joshh]

I'm not blaming any particular party, but it is censorship.

Which liberals specialize in. Along with some of our republican dilettantes.

[BraveUlysses]

Why not just bleep the word?

[frankenbeemer]

The same way American litterature is addressing the "n" and "i" words?

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...he-n-word.html

It's a free market concept versus censorship. Mark Twain's book is not banned.